Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 762 Six Orc Warlords, Six Black Market Fortresses—Is Tzeentch up to something?

The new district of Collonide, home to the largest port – Abyss Port.

Flamini, the lord of the Sixth Legion, stared solemnly at the scrolling data on the data panel.

[9296954, Soscho Star Gorge falls, the beast horde divides up the Ramirez-class star fortress Castledeger...]

9959954, more than 100,000 orcs have invaded the Cyclops Cluster...

9979954, approximately 100,000 orcs reduced Clayton Valar to ruins...

...]

Flamini frowned slightly. The first digit of the Imperial Standard Calendar determined the accuracy of time measurement.

9 represents the least reliable, and is mostly applicable to regions that have not used the Imperial Calendar before.

The new district of Colony has been a Legion territory for over a century and should be assessed using a three-tier system.

Level 3 indicates that its source can make direct psionic contact with Level 2 sources, but cannot make direct psionic contact with the solar system.

Tier 2 is the region that has direct contact with Terra.

Within the territory of "Shadow of Order," Level 2 is the Legion's homeworld, Vostoria, which communicates directly with Terra in Star Language.

Flamini glanced at the red notes:

Star communication throughout the entire Colony New District was affected by unknown ethereal fluctuations.

All reports submitted to you were received yesterday.

The choir's estimated timeframe, based on incomplete information, is for reference only and should not be used as the basis for military decision-making.

[In other words, the reports they sent to the Legion might not even arrive in time.] Flamini frowned. Instead of immediately praying to the Black Emperor, he got up and headed towards the crystal divination room.

Flamini provided Lord San Diego Bergkamp of the Fifth Warband with support in terms of immigration, military and civilian machinery, and other resources to help him develop his territory in the Sac Trada Abyss.

In return, the Legion's First Psionic Craftsman personally came to the Relic-class battleship, the Fortune, to build this divination room for him.

Flamini entered the divination room, drew his spiritual knife, and infused it with spiritual energy.

He tapped rapidly on the geometric patterns on the ground.

With the etheric tides completely receding, the "Euclidean Sign" perfectly isolated the existence of the warp from the presence of the untouchables standing at the entrance.

Flamini picked up the black crystal pendulum.

It is not natural crystal; it is a divination tool made by the master of the furnace.

Flamini prepared an entire uninhabited planet for Rosicky Cech to use for weapons testing by the technical sergeants.

Flamini picked up the parchment and quill, and quickly wrote a line in Dunn:

I didn't foresee the danger; someone interfered.

The "winner" holds an even number of black and gold chains in their left hand, bringing the black crystal pendant close to the paper, nearing the end of the divination event.

He closed his eyes and entered a state of Thelma meditation, silently reciting in his mind: [I did not foresee any danger; someone was interfering.]
After repeating it eleven times, he opened his eyes and looked at the pendulum.

The black crystal pendant swayed slowly, causing the even number of black and gold chains to rotate counterclockwise.

Clockwise represents affirmation, and counterclockwise represents negation.

[No interference, just normal ether tidal fluctuations?]
While the "winner" was pondering, he wrote down a new event on another blank sheet of parchment:

[Is the Star Communication being interfered with? Is it someone's doing it?]

After the chain came to a stable stop, he performed the divination again.

The "winner" opened his eyes again, still going counter-clockwise.

Flamini silently put away the pendulum and unraveled the "Euclidean symbols".

He then went to the altar and prayed to the Black Emperor.

The black mist engulfed Flamini, and after arriving in the mysterious kingdom, he bowed to the Black Emperor.

"My lord, the orcs of Grell's Abyss have broken through the blockade..."

"One of the seven beast tides is heading towards the Abyss Harbor, and another is entering the Cyclops Cluster..." Nimrod, sitting high on his throne, listened to Flamini's report and the results of his divination, and couldn't help but feel doubtful.

He recalled the unusual events during the divination of the Eye of Night, and how this artifact could control Blackrock Fortress, and the connection between them began to form in his mind.

[Besides Abyss Harbor, six orc warlords are heading towards six star systems in the new district of Klonid.]

The new Colony district, which will become the Gothic sector, has six Blackrock fortresses.

Is it a coincidence?
Ninglu couldn't be sure if his associations were close to the truth. Although he knew the names of the star systems where the six Blackrock Fortresses were located, such as Blackrock One being in Flaris, he didn't know their exact locations, let alone whether they were in the direction of the orc raids.

The only thing he was certain of was that Blackrock IV was located within the Cyclops Cluster, which was the direction of the largest orc attack.

"Immediately retrieve the black crystal pendant and pray to me again."

Nimrod then sent Flamini back to the real world. While waiting, he pondered his plan to mobilize the legion and quell the beast tide.

A moment later, he heard a murmur in his ear, and he immediately spread his spirituality, pulling Flamini back into the "Land of Chaos".

"Divination."

Flamini didn't know why the Black Emperor had asked him to repeat the divination, but he immediately followed the oracle and performed the divination.

As the "winner" opened his eyes, his obsidian pupils dilated sharply.

The black crystal pendant is suspended, neither swinging clockwise nor counterclockwise.

"Continue with the divination."

Ninglu scrutinized Flamini's two divinations, both of which resulted in the pendulum hovering without yielding any results.

The "disorderly state" does not involve divination or similar methods, and cannot enhance the "winner's" divination abilities.

When he used the prophecy dice before, he also used them to influence the "disordered kingdom" to some extent, eliminating interference from factors such as concealment and fate.

The same applies to the "winner's" divination; he wasn't misled, yet he couldn't complete the divination.

But the lack of a result, in a way, indicated the outcome. He said in a deep voice, "Your divination has been interfered with."

The "winner" suddenly realized what was happening, and his body trembled.

[I did not receive a wrong divination result because I was in the Kingdom of My Lord.]

If I follow the wrong results, I might make the wrong decisions.

Praise be to the mighty Lord!
Ninglu pondered for a moment and did not allow the "winner" to continue the divination. Who had interfered with the divination?

When divining about the Eye of Night before, the anomaly in the Sequence 4 Prophecy Dice indicated that this power far exceeded the capabilities of the Sequence 5 level.

The interference is likely directed at Blackrock Fortress.

He would have been acquired by Abaddon, who would have destroyed Cardia, torn the galaxy apart, and created a great rift... meaning the Chaos faction would have been the most affected.

Could it be that Tzeentch, the Weaver of Fate, is behind this—the orc who can detect changes in destiny and subtly influence the Grell Abyss?
Thinking about this, Ninglu became even more determined to quickly quell the beast tide in the new district of Colonid.

Although Blackrock Fortress is within his territory and the artifacts controlling it are in his hands, it is impossible for it to be moved out of thin air.

However, once the beast tide spreads, their spores, which reproduce by multiplying, become difficult to eradicate once they are distributed to many worlds, posing a significant problem.

If I'm not mistaken, it's Tzeentch who's behind this.

They actually managed to bring six orc warlords to the star system where Blackrock Fortress is located; that must have been their plan—to use the orcs to slow down my progress.
"You defend Abyss Harbor, defeat the attacking orcs, and then wipe out the scattered orc fleets."

Although the current Abyss Harbor does not have as many defensive facilities as the largest naval base in the Gothic Sector, which he remembered as having been built over thousands of years, it is still the largest port in the Colonid New District, the largest territory under Ninglu's control, and is protected by a defensive perimeter constructed from five Ramirez-class star fortresses.

Its defenses are second only to Vostoria, the "Shadow of Order" navigation hub Kariham Gate, and the Legion's largest naval base, Sepra Mundi.

One asteroid fortress poses no threat, and nine will be destroyed.

Even an orc's battle moon, or Randan's artificial satellite, poses no threat to Abyss Harbor.

Ninglu then spread his spirituality, touching the orbs of light of the lords of the First, Second, Fifth, Seventh, and Tenth Warbands, and dispatching them to the new district of Colonid to quell the five beast tides.

He will personally travel to the Cyclops Cluster to wipe out the largest wave of beasts.

(End of this chapter)